Holder for memoranda-strips or game-scores



' G. M. MINTON.

HOLDER FORMEMORANDA STRIPS 0R GAME SCORES.

FILED D 20 91 l- APP AY 28,1921- 1,388,365. Pat ted Aug- 23, 1921.

UNITED STATES,

FPATENTOFFICE.

GUSTAVE M. MINTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TQ LEO SGHLES INGER &00.,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM COMPOSED OF LEO SCHLESINGER, GUSTAVE M. MIN-TON, AND BENJAMIN LEVY.

HOLDER FOR MEMORANDA-STRI'PS R GAME-SCORES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed. December 20, 1917, Serial No. 208,029. RenewedMay'28, 1921. Serial No. 473,319.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE M. MINTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvel nents in Holders for Memoranda- Stripsor Game-Scores, of which the following is a specification.

he present invention relates to a device for holding a memoranda stripor game score sheet in convenient position for writing and for holding asheet supply in the form of a roll from which new sections may be drawnfrom time to time. It also includes simple means for holding down thesection of the sheet which has been drawn out to be written on, of abase or platenfor this portion of the sheet, of a suitable holder forthe paper roll, a clip for holding the device on'the edgeof a table orother support, and a ruler or edge against which the paper may be tornto remove the used portions.

The device is very simple, inexpensive and convenient. I have provided adevice which is especially useful for keeping game scores,

for instance, for keeping scores. in bridge whist, but it will beobviousthat the device may be used for many other purposes.

In the drawing forming part of this application Figure 1 isa perspectiveview of my invention applied to a table ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1,.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3.3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken onthe line 44 of Fig. 1.

The member on which the active portion of the paper strip is adapted torest consists of a base or platen 1 preferably flat, and it is intendedto rest on a table top 2 or other convenient support. It is ofsuflicient area'to provide for writing over an appreciable area of thepaper strip 3. At one end of the platen 1 the metal is curved into acylindrical casing 4 which receives endwise therein a roll 5 of paper.The casing 4 is so formed that it lies below the plane of the platen 1so as not to interfere with the hand which rests on the platen whilewriting, and its free edge 6 is spaced slightly from the end of theplaten to provide a cross slot 7 through which the paper strip may bedrawn out and laid flat over the top of the platen. The tubular casing 4is preferably, though not necessarily, made of metal and it is more orless resilient, so that the caps 8 may be sprung over the ends of thecircular casing or holder and be held in place by the tendency of thelatter to open or spread. The caps 8 are knurled at 9 to provide aproper gripping surface and they are providedv with means for centeringor holding the roll in proper position in the casing to keep the edgesof the paper strip away from the caps. I have shown each cap providedwith a cup shaped member 10 on the inner side of the cap. These cupmembers are small enough to be received in the casing 4 and they extendbeyond the edges 11 of the caps 8 in order to hold the paper rollcentered where the edges of the latter will not rub against, the edges11 and be torn when the strip is drawn off from the roll.

Clips 12 are provided on the under side of the platen 1. They preferablyare curved over and soldered to the casing 4 at 13 and they then extendforwardly to a position under the platen, and they are sufiicientlybowed to provide the desired resiliency. The forward ends of the clipsare adapted to cooperate with the platen 1 to grip on the edge of atable top 2 or other support in order to hold the device in convenientposition and to permit the user to write without having to hold thedevice.

On the front of the casing and below the plane of the platen, I providea convenient holder to retain the pencil when not in use and in thedrawing this is shown as a tube 14 attached to the casing 4 and intowhich a pencil may be inserted endwise.

I provide a member for holding the active portion of the paper stripflat and this member preferably frames the strip, 71. 6., forms a framearound the edges. The frame 15 consists of cross members 16 hinged at 17to the casing 4, of longitudinal side portions 18 extending from theportions 17 and of an end portion 19. These several parts comprise arectangular (or any other shape) frame which when lowered, rests on thestrip 3 and against the platen 1 around the side edges and across thefree end of the paper strip.

ruled and marked at 21 to represent a blank for keepingscore in bridgewhist and these markings are repeated at regular intervals throughoutthe whole strip, but it will be un derstood that the strip may consistof plain paper or it may be provided with markings other than thosedesignated.

In using the device, the platen 1 is pushed over the edge of the table 2so that the clips 12 engage the under surface and clamp the device inthe position shown in the drawing. One of the caps 8 is then removed anda roll 5 of paper is placed endwise into the'casing and the outer end ofthe strip is carried through the slot 7. The cap 8 may then be replaced.The strip 3 is then drawn'through the slot 7 and its end is carried tothe forward end of the platen, the frame being swung back during thisoperation, free of the platen and of the strip. When the strip has beendrawn out to overlie the platen the frame 15 is swung down to restthereon. The device is now ready for use. It will'be obvious that theuser may write on the extended portion of the strip and against theplaten lying under it and as the device is itself held 0 the table bytheclips, and the extended portion of the strip is held down by theframe 15 it is unnecessary to hold the device or the strip in order towrite on the latter. The

writing hand may rest freely over the platen edge to receive the platenand clips over and under it.

Having described my invention, what I 1 claim is:

A device of the class described including a platen, means for holdingthe platen thereon with one end projecting beyond the support,

a tubular casing for holding a supply of pa-.I

per for use on said platen, arranged beyond the support and belowtheplane of the platen, said casing having a slot in the top from whichthe paper is adapted to be drawn over the platen and a frame hinged tothe tubular casing beyond said slot and extending over said slot andplaten and'adapted to hold the extended portion of the paper on thelatter. bigned at the city, county and State of New York this 25th 'dayof October, 1917,

G. M. MINTON.

